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  • I usually save the frothing for people who I can tell are really interested, but don't want to join up for some absurd reason. I don't know why they would lie about their feelings like that, but a bit of shouting and frothing in a corner really gets them agreeable fast. Great technique!

  • mine is waterproof too
  • Yeah, I forgot to mention that the longevity of the solar models is indeterminate due to new technologies. I imagine they will get better and better, though, as solar tech is constantly improving.

  • mine is waterproof too
  • Stop buying the marketing hype. An LED display alone is significantly more complex and engineered than any mechanical watch. Every smart watch on the planet is literally full orders of magnitude more complex than any mechanical watch.

    If you said, "it's a small, simple, cool machine" that would be completely true. But they are not more engineered than nearly every other device you possess in your home, including the nearest set of $20 bluetooth earbuds.

  • mine is waterproof too
  • Mechanical: You're looking for a Seiko. Bulletproof, affordable mechanical watches. They need service every 5 years or so and you will need to adjust the time regularly as mechanical watches are basically shitty at their jobs. I have a Seiko Monster and it rules. Also check out the Cocktail Time line, really cool but maybe 500+. The Seiko Alpinist is also awesome.

    Quartz: If you are interested in keeping precise time, then you want a quartz movement. Cheaper, keep better time, but you will need to feed them batteries occasionally, which is annoying every decade or so. Lots of brands make decent quartz movements. Watch snobs talk shit, but they've been brainwashed by the Swiss marketing.

    Maybe the best option: solar-powered, radio-adjusted movements. Casio makes a number of good options (g-shocks and others) and Citizen's Eco-Drive is also well-regarded.

    Any option you choose will eventually need service over a lifetime, but mechanical watches have by far the highest maintenance costs for obvious reasons.

  • Seeder for private torrent tracker
  • Bandwidth has literally never been a problem on any tracker. BitTorrent made bandwidth concerns obsolete over 20 years ago, as long as files are well-seeded.

    You will have to pay your dues like everybody else.

  • TIL Mitsubishi made a Jeep CJ until 1998.
  • These had the same body style, but the engine is different than the American-made models of the same years. They have Mitsubishi Astron engines and another diesel model. Also, obviously, left hand drive.

  • TIL Mitsubishi made a Jeep CJ until 1998.

    While picking up my daughter from school today, I noticed an old jeep in the parking lot, but did not think much of it until I saw the tri-spoked Mitsubishi logo above the grill and did quite the double-take. Apparently a number of foreign companies were licensed to produce them after WW2.

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    Straps killed my grip
  • They are hard to open due to a vacuum seal. So just take a very small flathead screwdriver and put it under the lid, and apply a small amount of upward force to break the seal. The jar pops, releases the pressure, and now a toddler can open it. I use the nail file on my pocket Leatherman. Works every time.

  • bibme.org wants me to watch a sponsored message

    Formerly pretty good free resource for academic citations now turned into a giant pile of steamy hot garbage by the incredible asswipes at Chegg, a corporate name that mostly calls forth the image of a debilitating sexually transmitted infection.

    Recommend using instead: https://www.scribbr.com/citation/generator. At least until they also start demanding your firstborn daughter for each citation.

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    Philips Kept Warnings About Dangerous CPAP Machines Secret While Profits Soared.
    www.propublica.org Philips Kept Complaints About Dangerous Breathing Machines Secret While Company Profits Soared

    Tainted CPAP machines and ventilators went to children, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans despite internal warnings. Company insiders said the devices posed an “unacceptable” risk.

    Philips Kept Complaints About Dangerous Breathing Machines Secret While Company Profits Soared

    Exhibit #482,683 on why capitalism and medicine are inevitably a horrible combination.

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    Recommendation: Fret Butter

    I used this stuff for the first time on some frets that had gotten quite dull and lightly corroded wherever I don't play often. About 10 minutes of rubbing down with fret butter had them gleaming. It does actually feel like butter, hence a bit gross, but it smells great and worked really well.

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    Every third post on Lemmy

    Need a politics-free safe space? It's called "going for a walk"

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    Supercut of Mike Lindell's problematic deposition

    Mike Lindell's behavior in deposition has earned him a motion for sanctions. See all of the exhibits in one cut.

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    JBP has got u bro

    Need a plate of generic, insipid platitudes with a giant helping of bad science and misogyny?

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    Paging Ivanka

    Diaper change down at the pokey

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    Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym
    www.huffpost.com This Man Has The Ear Of Billionaires — And A White Supremacist Past He Kept A Secret

    Hanania is championed by tech moguls and a U.S. senator, but HuffPost found he used a pen name to become an important figure in the “alt-right.”

    This Man Has The Ear Of Billionaires — And A White Supremacist Past He Kept A Secret

    Right wing tech moguls and a US Senator embraced now unmasked white supremacist. Obviously he's been on Tucker Carlson.

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    Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data
    www.reuters.com Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data

    A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

    Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data

    To the surprise of no one, California cops spend most of their time harassing taxpayers via traffic stops instead of work on solving actual crimes.

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